Jay Dee

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Jay Dee was the influential American hip-hop producer and rapper J Dilla, renowned for his innovative, soulful, and off-kilter beat-making style.

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Jay Dee canonical 10
J-Dee 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DJ
hip hop musician
human
rapper
record producer
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 2006
activeYearsStart 1990
alsoKnownAs J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest
collaboratedWith A Tribe Called Quest
Busta Rhymes
Common
D'Angelo
Erykah Badu
The Roots
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1974-02-07
dateOfDeath 2006-02-10
familyName Yancey
genre alternative hip hop
hip hop
neo soul
givenName James
influenced 9th Wonder
Flying Lotus
Kanye West
Madlib
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
surface form: Questlove
influentialIn Detroit hip hop scene
memberOf Slum Village
Soulquarians
The Ummah
name Jay Dee self-link
notableFor innovative off-kilter drum programming
soulful sample-based production
notableWork Donuts
Fantastic, Vol. 2
Welcome 2 Detroit
occupation DJ
rapper
record producer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel BBE
surface form: BBE Records

MCA Records
Stones Throw Records
styleCharacteristic heavy use of obscure soul and jazz samples
swinging unquantized drum patterns

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

J Dilla alsoKnownAs Jay Dee
J Dilla alsoKnownAs Jay Dee
this entity surface form: J-Dee
Electric Circus producer Jay Dee
Mama’s Gun producer Jay Dee
Slum Village associatedAct Jay Dee
Jay Dee name Jay Dee self-link
James Yancey stageName Jay Dee
Erykah Badu album "Mama’s Gun" producer Jay Dee
subject surface form: Mama’s Gun
1st Born Second producer Jay Dee
Phrenology (album) by The Roots producer Jay Dee
subject surface form: Phrenology